Look below to find the statewide resources we feel are most useful. To research databases from Delaware cities and counties, or to check licenses, use the toolbars on the left side.

Court System - The Delaware court system has four levels. First is the Justice of the Peace Courts, which handle civil cases under $15K, misdemeanors & non-felony motor vehicle cases. At the next level are the Court of Common Pleas and Family Courts. The former handles civil cases up to $50K, non-drug/traffic misdemeanors & felony preliminary hearings. The latter handles family & juvenile matters. Third are the Superior & Chancery Courts. The Superior Court is the general jurisdiction court that handles civil cases of any size, felonies, drug offenses & appeals from lower courts. The Court of Chancery handles equity matters involving corporations, trusts, estates, commercial & contract cases. At the top is the Supreme Court, responsible for appeals from the Chancery, Superior & Family courts. Delaware Court Records

Criminal Records - Some misdemeanors and non-felony motor vehicle cases are handled by the Justice of the Peace Courts. The Court of Common Pleas handles non-drug & non-traffic misdemeanors and felony preliminary hearings. The Family Court oversees juvenile matters. Felony and drug offenses are handled at the Superior Court level. To discover what databases are available to you, move to our Delaware Criminal Records page.

Vital Records – Birth, death, and marriage certificates are provided by: Office of Vital Statistics, Jesse S. Cooper Bldg, 417 Federal Street, Dover, DE 19901, (302) 744-4549, Fax: (302) 736-1862. You can get divorce certificates from the county where the divorce was granted. Head over to our Vital Records page for historical statewide birth indexes; the Social Security Death Index for Delaware, statewide deaths & burials from 1815 to 1955, New Castle County Wills, and Delaware probate records from 1680 to 1925; and statewide historical marriages, and information on ordering marriage certificates.

The State of Delaware doesn't provide an online UCC database. What they do is recommend you to a list of authorized searchers who will search (for a fee) Division of Corporations UCC records on your behalf.

Voter registration lookup from the Delaware Department of Elections. Use this service to find if you're registered to vote in Delaware and how you're registered.

Delaware
is located in the Northeast Region of the United States. The Capital is Dover and the largest city is Wilmington. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.delaware.gov/. Delaware
is the 45th most populous state in the United States. The 2014 population estimate is 935,614 and the 2010 census population was 897,936. The land area is 1,948.54 square miles and there are 460.8
persons per square mile.

71.1% of the population is White, 22.1% is Black or African American, 8.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% is Asian, 0.7% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.4% are two or more races. 87.7% are a high school graduate or higher, and 28.9% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $235,800. There are on average 2.63 persons per household, the per capita income is $29,819, the median household income is $59,878, and 11.7% of the persons in Delaware
are considered below poverty level.